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There was a 4th tree mod log crash that showed up in testing. It can
be reproduced or eliminated by applying or reverting d2311e698578
("btrfs: relocation: Delay reloc tree deletion after merge_reloc_roots")
to a 5.4.x kernel before 5.4.54.
Unfortunately, the test can only run if several other patches that
fixed other bugs in d2311e698578 are applied or removed at the same time.
Commit d2311e698578 introduces a bug which destroys filesystems under test
long before tree mod log failures can be reproduced in testing. One of
those patches also fixes tree mod log issue #4. I do not know which one,
but since kernels after 5.1 cannot run without all of those patches, I do
not think it matters.
Tree mod issue #4 is the reason why the tree mod workaround is still
required on all kernels before 5.4. The issue still exists on older
LTS kernels, e.g. 4.9.
Signed-off-by: Zygo Blaxell <bees@furryterror.org>
BEES
Best-Effort Extent-Same, a btrfs deduplication agent.
About bees
bees is a block-oriented userspace deduplication agent designed for large btrfs filesystems. It is an offline dedupe combined with an incremental data scan capability to minimize time data spends on disk from write to dedupe.
Strengths
- Space-efficient hash table and matching algorithms - can use as little as 1 GB hash table per 10 TB unique data (0.1GB/TB)
- Daemon incrementally dedupes new data using btrfs tree search
- Works with btrfs compression - dedupe any combination of compressed and uncompressed files
- NEW Works around
btrfs sendproblems with dedupe and incremental parent shapshots - Works around btrfs filesystem structure to free more disk space
- Persistent hash table for rapid restart after shutdown
- Whole-filesystem dedupe - including snapshots
- Constant hash table size - no increased RAM usage if data set becomes larger
- Works on live data - no scheduled downtime required
- Automatic self-throttling based on system load
Weaknesses
- Whole-filesystem dedupe - has no include/exclude filters, does not accept file lists
- Requires root privilege (or
CAP_SYS_ADMIN) - First run may require temporary disk space for extent reorganization
- First run may increase metadata space usage if many snapshots exist
- Constant hash table size - no decreased RAM usage if data set becomes smaller
- btrfs only
Installation and Usage
Recommended Reading
- bees Gotchas
- btrfs kernel bugs - especially DATA CORRUPTION WARNING
- bees vs. other btrfs features
- What to do when something goes wrong
More Information
Bug Reports and Contributions
Email bug reports and patches to Zygo Blaxell bees@furryterror.org.
You can also use Github:
https://github.com/Zygo/bees
Copyright & License
Copyright 2015-2018 Zygo Blaxell bees@furryterror.org.
GPL (version 3 or later).